Apparatus for transporting liquids or gases.



E. G. STOVER. APPARATUS P011 TBANSPORT'ING LIQUIDs 0R GASES.

,APPLIcAmIoH FILED 11611.13, 1907.

Patented' 11611.18, 1913.

n O T N E v m WITN ESSES 'ErryEn srATEs PATENT oEEioE.

APPARATUS FOR TRANSPORTING LIQUIDS OR GASES.

To all whom. t may concern:

Be it known` that I, EDWARD C. STOVER, of y Trenton, Mercer county, NewJersey, have' invented a new and useful Improvement in Apparatus forTransporting Liquids or Gases, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description, reference'being had to the accompanying drawings,forming part of this application, in whichv Figure 1 is a verticalsection showing apparatus embodying my invention, and F ig. 2 is adetail view hereinafter referred to.

'Ihe object of m invention is to provide an apparatus for andling ortransporting liquids or gases Whether acid, alkaline,I or neutral, bymeans of metal pipes, fittings, joints, valves, "faucets, etc., to'whichare tightly fitted pipes or sheathing of Crockery, glass or othernon-corrosive material,v T

In handling of liquids or gases, inet-al piping is attacked and rendereduseless by the action of the liquid or gas and' the liquid or gases alsobecome impregnated with the properties of the metal attacked. Crockeryor suchmaterial While not liable to attack by the majority .of liquidsor gases, has not suiicient strength of itself to be used Withoutsupport and a non-corrosive lining or casing blown on or into metalpiping does not furnish a sufficiently uniform protection to the pipebecause of the presence of bubbles, etc., to make it practicable forsuch use. To avoid these objections, I employ in my invention metalpiping with a casing or-lining of Crockery, glass or like material whichnot only preserves the metal pipe from attack by the liquid or gas, butprevents `the li uid or gas from becoming impregnated with theproperties of the metal pipe.

Referring to the drawings, 1 is aA crockery receptacle which maybefilled with any liquid or gas from the inlet pipe 2.

3 is an outlet pipe for drawing off the liquid or gas from thereceptacle 1.

4 and 5 are valves in the inlet and outlet pipes 2 and 3, respectively.The pipes 2 and 3, which are preferably of metal, are equipped withsheathing or protect-ive pip- Specication of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 13, 1907.

Patented Feb. 18, 1913. seriai No. 401,979.

ing 6, 6', and the valves 4 and 5 are also equipped with sheathing 7.The joints 8 of the metal pipes 2 and 3 are of ordinary character whilethe joints at 9, 9 are ground joint connections lbetween the sections 6,(S, orv 6', 6 -of the sheathing, at which points the separate sectionsof sheathing are fitted and cemented together.

The sheathing 6', or outside casing of the pipes 2 and 3 is shown asextending only as far as cover or lid 10 of receptacle 1, but it may beextended, where' such protection, is necessary, as an outside coveringover the whole system of the piping, etc., to be used. A faucet 11 maybe used to draw off the liquid or gas, equipped vwith sheathing 6, 6a,as shown in Fig. 2. v l

' AThere liquid is being transported which does not attack the metalpiping, only the sheathing 6a as shown in both Figs.l1 and 2 may be usedto prevent the outside of the piping from corroding, ,and this sheathingmaybe molded or cast of such a thickness as to not only prevent attackfrom corrosive substances, but may also act as a support for the piping,etc..

Various modifications may be made in the details of construction andarrangement of my apparatus by those skilledin the art withoutdepartingfrom the spirit and scope of my invention, slnce What I claimis 1. In apparatus for conveying liquids oli gases, the combination of'metal piping equipped with distributing means, said piping havingitsinnersurfaces equipped with sheathing adapted to protect said pipingfrom the corro-sive action of liquids and "gases and its outer surfaceshaving a covering adapted to prevent corrosion of said surfaces and toactas a support for the pip-- inv'.

In apparatusfor. conveying liquids or gases, the combination of metalpiping equipped withdistributing means and havingan outer covering ofearthy material which acts as a support for the piping.

3. In apparatus for conveying liquids or gases, the combination of metalpiping equipped with distributing means and having an outer covering ofearthen material, the said covering being adapted to protect the said.piping and to support the same.

4. In apparatus for conveying liquids o Y 5 gases, the combination ofsectlonal metal piping in which the sections are joined together at anangle, distributing means connected with said piping, and protectivesectional sheathing liaving contiguous ends of my hand.

EDWARD C. STOVER. Witnesses:

ROBT. S. KEARNEY,

CLARENCE D. KERB.

